Pope Francis made it obvious last week, while receiving the chiefs of the Vatican dicasteries, that the fight against him on the conservative front in the United States will have repercussions. And this time - writes Corriere della Sera - it would not be the bishop of a minor diocese like Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, who was suspended in early November after the attacks on the pontiff, who would be sanctioned. Francis mentioned Cardinal Raymond Burke, the leader of that industry, to whom he has directed censure in the United States for years, which even Bergoglio's opponents consider excessive. One of those present at the meeting stated the pope declared against Burke "some sanctions of an economic nature, accompanied by canonical penalties," alluding to his salary and Vatican residence. It would be an indication that he has chosen to no longer accept the cardinal's and his supporters' violent behavior. The U.S. cardinal is one of the five who have expressed the famous "dubia," doubts about the Synod that has just ended and the one on the Amazon. In the past, he has accused Francis of fomenting schisms and of making decisions that are counter to theology.
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